| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to the Department of Veterans' Affairs; | 
| 3 | directing the department to provide a plan and financial | 
| 4 | analysis by a certain date to the Governor, Cabinet, and | 
| 5 | Legislature regarding the transfer of the operations of | 
| 6 | the department's veterans' homes to a public corporation; | 
| 7 | providing an effective date. | 
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
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| 11 | Section 1.  By February 1, 2012, the Department of | 
| 12 | Veterans' Affairs shall provide to the Governor and Cabinet, the | 
| 13 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 
| 14 | Representatives a business and implementation plan, along with a | 
| 15 | financial analysis, to transfer the operations of the state's | 
| 16 | veterans' homes to a public corporation. The department may | 
| 17 | procure the necessary expertise to prepare the plan and | 
| 18 | financial analysis. | 
| 19 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |